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Belgium 1970s

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MERELBEKE

We lived in Belgium in the 1970s. Dad, Eric Hayles was working for Volvo Europa at Oostakker near Ghent and we moved into a house in the Verlorenbroodstraat in Merelbeke. We hope you enjoy our evocative photos of life in Merelbeke, a suburb of Ghent.

56 files, last one added on Oct 27, 2014
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GHENT/GENT BELGIUM

We lived near the beautiful city of Ghent (Gent) in Belgium in East Flanders (Oost Vlaanderen) from 1974 till 1978, although dad was there for about another six years after that. We hope you enjoy some of our photo archive from those happy times.

48 files, last one added on Oct 27, 2014
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MERELBEKE FRIENDS AND NEIGHBOURS

Some of our wonderful neighbours and friends when we lived in Merelbeke. If you know any names that we haven't mentioned, please add them below the photo.

109 files, last one added on Oct 27, 2014
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DANSCLUB TERPSICHORE MERELBEKE

Mum and dad had dancing lessons at the Dansclub Terpsichore in Hundelgemsesteenweg in 1977-78. These are pictures from one of their social functions.

15 files, last one added on Mar 15, 2014
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OUT AND ABOUT IN BELGIUM

13 files, last one added on Mar 23, 2014
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Our Welsh friends, the Davies Family

We attended church at the Evangelisch Centruum, Burgstraat, Gent, where we got to know the wonderful Davies family from Wales (the clue was in the name!) Charles and Betty, Godfrey, Joseph and Noel. There were also two sisters who weren't in Belgium. Charles was an accomplished artists and signwriter. He once had a job painting the Coca Cola logo on lorries, so he must have been very good! He also painted a sign for our neighbours opposite which read "Bobinage van motoren".

11 files, last one added on Apr 26, 2014
Album viewed 343 times

Documentation

Leaflets and other documentation from our time in Belgium

4 files, last one added on Dec 05, 2017
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Belgium 1990s

VISITS TO MERELBEKE IN 1990s

In the 1990s, along came the internet. Jonathan put "Merelbeke" into a search engine to see what he would see, and stumbled across the website of Sint-Michielsschool. After writing a greeting in the guest book he received a reply from Guy van Heddegem, and a friendship developed which led to Jonathan visiting Merelbeke in 1998 and writing a song which was performed at the school's Eindejaarshow. He visited again the following year. Here are some pictures from those shows.... we hope to bring you some video clips in the future too. Photos mostly by Jonathan Hayles, captions by Guy van Heddegem.

40 files, last one added on Mar 16, 2014
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GITO Merelbeke flyer van 1975 4/43117 viewsDec 05, 2017

GITO Merelbeke flyer van 1975 3/43037 viewsDec 05, 2017

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GITO Merelbeke leaflet from 1975 2/4361 viewsGITO Merelbeke flyer van 1975Dec 05, 2017

Cards at Number 31506 viewsOct 27, 2014

Wilfried at his mother's in Moortsele495 viewsOct 27, 2014

Wilfried's mother in Moortsele494 viewsOct 27, 2014

Wilfried and Lydiane at Wilfried's mother's in Moortsele507 viewsOct 27, 2014

Tram near the Gravensteen in Ghent, 1978792 viewsOct 27, 2014

Wilfried adds the finishing touches to his villa489 viewsOct 27, 2014

Lydiane makes sure Wilfried is doing things properly490 viewsOct 27, 2014

Wilfried adds the finishing touches to his villa483 viewsOct 27, 2014

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Sinterklaas comes to Merelbeke617 views

Jonathan, Lydiane and Wilfried in Numer 29298 views

Charles Davies and Joe Davies on BBC One's The One Show - Just their bit364 views

Don Pepe Merelbeke 1977 from a post card914 views2 comments

Foundations of 31 Verlorenbrooadstraat665 viewsWilfried de Moor was building a villa. Josh spent many happy days helping out.

Wilsonplein, Ghent585 viewsDad stayed in the Park Hotel when he first arrived in Belgium, in the centre of Ghent.

Party time at Dansclub Terpsichore Merelbeke262 views

Pienske at work295 viewsReuben Piens helps his father Eric with some building work. Maybe Hedwig, MUCH too small to be Phillipe.

A view of nurseries from a back bedroom of Verlorenbroodstraat 29441 viewsBy the late 1990s this scene looked very different, with a new housing estate standing where the nurseries were.

Belgian trams on Wilsonsplein533 viewsA view from the Park Hotel in 1974.

Pur cousin Julie playing croquet with Ronny Meersschaut321 views

Sint-Michielsschool Eindejaarshow 1998 - Enkele van de solisten die de strofen voor hun rekening namen.264 views